El rufai on Friday: Introducing Jude Egbas – Letter to my Unborn Child
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- Published on Friday, 07 December 2012 20:44
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Jude Egbas is one of those young Nigerians who is very passionate about galvanizing the minds of other young Nigerians to action through his timely, satirical and witty articles. One of his most memorable pieces ‘Everybody Loves Abati’, comically captures Reuben Abati playing ‘protector’ to President Jonathan, and how he gradually losses
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Jonathan and the $31bn Question - By Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:56
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
When I wrote an article in 2011, stating that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan was spending two billion naira every day, including weekends, on security without commensurate returns on the lives of Nigerians, the president’s reaction was to have his then chief goon, General Awoye Azazi, arrest and detain me for
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The social and economic costs of unemployment - By Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 09 November 2012 10:58
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
One depressing reality in virtually every Nigerian family is the sight of adults in their late 20s and 30s who left school years ago, but have been unable to secure gainful employment. Thus, at an age when they are supposed to be productive and integral parts of our economy, building the fabrics of our social life by settling down to raise
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“Young Voices” Introduced By Nasir El-Rufai On Friday
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- Published on Thursday, 01 November 2012 23:30
- Written by Zainab Usman
Zainab Usman is a brilliant and articulate young lady that is currently a Doctor of Philosophy student at the prestigious Oxford University, UK. She attended Therbow School and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria earning an Upper Second Class degree in International Relations. She then proceeded to the University of Birmingham where
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House rents, transport fares and the meaning of despair, By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012 23:55
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Just when you think President Goodluck Jonathan should have finished settling his political debts to enable him focus on easing the hardships that most Nigerians face simply to remain alive, the man decides that the welfare of Nigerians and job creation are not his priorities. How else can one explain his plan to spend a staggering N2.4
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Managing the Impending Hunger and Malnutrition, By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 12 October 2012 02:02
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The cost of a measure or 'mudu’ of beans reached a never-before-seen price of N500 (five hundred naira) a week ago. For most Nigerians families, beans and its derivatives like 'akara' and 'moi-moi' are the richest source of nutrients and very often the only source of proteins – meat, fish, milk and eggs having disappeared from their
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El-Rufai on Friday...introducing Young Voices
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- Published on Friday, 07 September 2012 10:15
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Every other week, this column will introduce a young Nigerian and give him or her the opportunity to express views on governance and public policy issues that matter to their generation which, by the way constitutes more than 70% of our population. It is my singular honour to present ‘Yemi Adamolekun, one of the leading lights of
